How cautious are you with ccTLDs?

Question

I just saw a video of someone who had their .gg domain taken down because their registry changed the terms and stopped allowing PO boxes. I looked at a domain I recently bought and realized that .so is the country code for Somalia which as far as I'm aware is currently in a complete state of anarchy...It would obviously be a disaster to create a new business with a .so domain right? Are these ccTLDs a disaster waiting to happen?

sugoi-chan · Accepted Answer

Can't say for sure but ICANN could cancel a TLD for example here is something I found interesting:
.ZR – the domain extension used to belong to the Republic of Zaire, later renamed Republic of Congo, therefore switching extensions from .ZR to .CD. ICANN cancelled .ZR in 2001. .YU – the TLD dedicated to the former Republic of Yugoslavia ceased to exist in 2010 and has since been replaced by .RS (for Serbia) and .ME (for Montenegro). Why should I get a ccTLD?
Source: https://www.eurodns.com/blog/5-good-reasons-why-you-should-r...

PaulHoule · Answer

Hard to say. &ldquo;so&rdquo; is probably and offshore business that sends hard currency home and won&rsquo;t be affected directly by the chaos. The danger is that some faction which is strongly ideological gets well organized and decides to implement some bold policy (say, &ldquo;no domain names for haram businesses&rdquo;)There was a time I was into typo domains and was amused that the three deletions of &ldquo;.com&rdquo; were all troubled countries with less developed name authorities.